Noob from SA

Hi Guys,

I'm from South Africa and always been a fan of the Mk1's, I bought a ratty '84 Mk1 GT just over a year ago and it's my project which puts a huge smile on my face evertime I drive it Here are a few pix from a local vw club event










I also drive an '06 Polo TDI Sportline as my Daily which looks like this:




Comments welcome  

Hi there and welcome along to the forum mate. Nice looking Mk1 you have there. Enjoy your stay

smudger1980 said

Hi there and welcome along to the forum mate. Nice looking Mk1 you have there. Enjoy your stay

Thanks Smudger, It needs alot of work but I also don't want to rush things and get to bored to quick.

Here's another pic, without the spare steelies lol

Nice pic mate. Good luck with the work on her.

Welcome along nice cars dude 

Thanks guys  

Hello and welcome, Nice Mk1 mate!!

Andy.

Melteddrummer said

Hello and welcome, Nice Mk1 mate!!

Andy.

Thanks Andy

hey man nice mk1, we must meet up sometime when im up in your area.. Im situated in pe and also own a mk1

Sweet mk1! Looks kind of like a rat rod!

JpRoux said

hey man nice mk1, we must meet up sometime when im up in your area.. Im situated in pe and also own a mk1

Hi JP,

Check out this thread http://www.vwclub.co.za/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=154789

The JHB guys are driving down to Durban for a Dubrun next month and some of the PE guys meet us in durban, see if you can pull through.

kecknj said

Sweet mk1! Looks kind of like a rat rod!

It was a rat.. I changed the look as I wasn't feeling it anymore.

Here's a few pix of when the PO had it:


Widened 8.5J steelies with some 175/50 stretched loving



Compomotive CX's    

The rat scene is alive and well in SA.